Ms. Taylor Says

So I'm spending the week in a dorm at the University of Arkansas.  "But you're not a college student," you are thinking, right?  You are correct.  I'm here for an AP summer institute.  I've learned many valuable lessons, but the most important involves the vending machines.  I got back to the dorms tonight after some yummy cajun food and a fun night of catching up with a friend from high school.  But I decided to grab something completely lacking nutritional value before checking my email.  I was debating between Skittles and some chocolate cupcakes.  I went for the cupcakes...but they got stuck.  I tried my best "shake the machine" moves, but with no results.  So then I had to decide what to do next...this is where the genius kicks in.  I realized that instead of getting another couple of cupcakes (to, of course, set the first set of cupcakes free) I could get the junk food (Skittles of course) above it and that would knock the cupcakes down on the ...

I have been aching for weeks to begin reading the books that have slowly piled up in my "things to read ASAP" stack by my bed.  At the top of the pile was this one:  It is a bit dry, but the ideas make it worth the read.  I got to immediately put my new knowledge of game theory to work in analyzing the parental behaviors I witnessed at graduation.  But, by far, my favorite selection from the book was Darwin's list.  It turns out that Darwin decided to make a pro/con list when deciding if he should marry his love interest.  Want to know his reasoning?  Here ya go:   Pros of getting married: Object to be beloved and played with          Better than a dog anyhow          Home and someone to take care of house          Charms of music and female chit-chat          And a nice, soft wife on a sofa with a good fire and books and music perhaps Pros of single life: Conversation with clever men at clubs not forced to visit relatives and bend in every trifle absence of anxiety an...